A new generation of value-added resellers (VARs) is emerging to capitalize on the rapidly expanding array of industry-specific Internet of Things (IoT) market opportunities. These companies are beginning to take generic IoT solutions and cater them to particular vertical market requirements.  Click here to read THINKstrategies’ views about the business implications of the new VARs that are capitalizing on the rapidly growing IoT market opportunities in Sandhill.com.

A growing number of industry associations, publications, professional services firms and other organizations are supporting the Connected Cloud Summit, hosted by THINKstrategies and the Cloud Computing Showplace on Thursday, September 18 in Boston.

The Summit will examine how the Cloud is enabling enterprises to pursue new business opportunities and overcome significant technology challenges to better serve their customers and gain a competitive advantage. The executive forum will also showcase new solutions and ideas being generated by leading IoT providers, start-ups and innovative enterprises.

The Summit Partners include Strategy Analytics, Agile Equity, MassChallenge, Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council, SIIA, Customer Success Association, Chief Digital Officer, Cirrostratus Group, East Coast Catalyst, Gainsight, Gennari Aronson LLP, APMdigest, Data & Storage Management Report, Datamation, E-Commerce Times, Sandhill.com, Security Ledger, SoftLetter, VentureBeat and famaPR.

The Summit is also being supported by Aria Systems, Axeda, Birst, Cognizant, CorSource Technology Group, Dyn, Flexera Software, HP, Oracle, SafeNet, ServiceSource, Xively and Zuora. Corporate executives from these … Read More »

Vikram Koka, VP of Internet of Things (IoT) at Flexera Software and Bobby Patrick, Chief of Cloud Marketing at Hewlett Packard are among the latest executives who have agreed to speak at the Connected Cloud Summit, hosted by THINKstrategies and the Cloud Computing Showplace on Thursday, September 18 in Boston.

The Summit will examine how the Cloud is enabling enterprises to pursue new business opportunities and overcome significant technology challenges. The executive forum will also showcase new solutions and ideas being generated by leading IoT providers, start-ups and innovative enterprises.

Vikram Koka and Bobby Patrick are joining executives from Aria Systems, Axeda, Birst, Cognizant, CorSource Technology Group, Dyn, Oracle, SafeNet, ServiceSource, Xively and Zuora, along with CXOs from GE, Google, Salesforce.com, SmartThings, InfoBright, Prelert, InfoBionic, Code On Technologies and other important players in the IoT marketplace at the Summit on September 18.

Click here to see the current list of IoT executives speaking at the Connected Cloud Summit. Click here if you’d like … Read More »

THINKstrategies believes the “Internet of Things” (IoT) is quickly eclipsing previous technology innovations and forcing a widening array of corporate decision-makers to seriously consider how IoT will fundamentally reshape their industries and businesses.

As we’ve stated in our recent commentaries, the rapidly evolving IoT market is creating unprecedented business opportunities, unique technology issues and escalating competitive pressures:

Datamation: The IoT Consumer to Commercial Crossover
Sandhill.com: Partner Ecosystems Key in Internet of Things
Datamation: Measuring the Value of the Internet of Things
Sandhill.com: Everyone Wants Into the Internet of Things
E-Commerce Times: Cloud Powers the Internet of Things

The Connected Cloud Summit, hosted by THINKstrategies and Cloud Computing Showplace, on Thursday, September 18 in Boston, will examine how the Cloud is enabling enterprises to pursue new business opportunities and overcome significant technology challenges. The executive forum will also showcase new solutions and ideas being generated by leading IoT providers and innovative enterprises.

Executives from Aria Systems, Axeda, Birst, Cognizant, CorSource … Read More »

On numerous occasions over the past 30 years, business end-users and executives have become aware of new technological innovations as a result of their personal experiences acquiring various consumer products and services. In each of these cases, their consumer experiences have led them to pursue similar technologies in their corporate environments. The same adoption pattern is about to repeat itself in the rapidly expanding world of the Internet of Things (IoT). Click here to read THINKstrategies’ perspective in Datamation about the business implications of this consumer to commercial crossover effect in the IoT marketplace.

Zuora has agreed to be a Title Sponsor and keynote presenter regarding the latest innovations in the rapidly evolving Internet of Things (IoT) marketplace at the Connected Cloud Summit hosted by THINKstrategies and Cloud Computing Showplace on Thursday, September 18 in Boston, MA.

The Connected Cloud Summit will examine how the Cloud is enabling enterprises to create new business opportunities and overcome technology challenges across nearly every industry. The intimate, executive forum will showcase new solutions and ideas being generated by leading IoT solution providers and enterprises.

Zuora is a leading provider of Cloud-based, subscription commerce and billing solutions. It is hosting its second annual Subscribed conference June 2-4 in San Francisco. The company joins Aria Systems, Axeda, Cognizant, CorSource Technology Group, Dyn, Flexera Software, HP, Oracle, SafeNet, ServiceSource and Xively in sponsoring the Summit.

Corporate executives from GE, Google, Salesforce.com, SmartThings, InfoBright, Prelert, Echelon, Code On Technologies and InfoBionic have also agreed to speak at the Connected … Read More »

The unprecedented power of today’s cloud services is making the futuristic idea of a connected world more tangible and economically feasible. Technology companies and other businesses are promoting the potential benefits of the Internet of Things (IoT), hailing a new generation of connected devices and remote sensors. Indeed, the cloud enables organizations of all sizes across nearly every industry to launch IoT initiatives and fulfill their IoT vision. Click here to read THINKstrategies’ perspective about Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) impact on the growth of the IoT marketplace in SearchAWS.

As interest in the idea of the “Internet of Things” (IoT) grows, recognition of the complexities associated with pulling together all the pieces of the IoT supply chain is also becoming clearer. As Cisco Systems says in its promotional campaign, the IoT market is quickly becoming the “Internet of Everything.” Given this reality, the IoT market leaders will be those companies that build the strongest partner ecosystems. Click here to read THINKstrategies’ perspectives in Sandhill.com regarding the strategic implications of the IoT market on the go-to-market strategies of the leading and emerging players.

Birst, ServiceSource and Xively, a division of LogMeIn, are the latest Internet of Things (IoT) companies to agree to sponsor and speak at the Connected Cloud Summit, hosted by THINKstrategies and Cloud Computing Showplace, Thursday, September 18 in Boston, MA.

The Connected Cloud Summit will examine how the Cloud is enabling enterprises to capitalize on today’s rapidly evolving IoT opportunities across nearly every industry. The Summit will provide an intimate, executive forum that will showcase the latest innovations and industry best practices being generated by the leading Cloud solution providers and enterprises in the vanguard of the IoT revolution.

Birst, ServiceSource and Xively join HP, Aria Systems, Axeda, Cognizant, CorSource Technology Group, Dyn, Flexera Software, Oracle, and SafeNet in sponsoring the Summit. In addition, the latest Summit sponsors will be represented at the event by the following executive speakers,

Paul Staelin, Chief Customer Officer and Co-Founder, Birst
Matthew Shanahan, VP Product Strategy, ServiceSource
Chad Jones, VP … Read More »

The increasing attention and accelerating innovation in the ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT) marketplace was clearly on display at the Axeda Connexion 2014 conference May 6-7 in Boston. The event brought together over 600 attendees from more than 150 companies worldwide to share perspectives and best practices regarding how to capitalize on the rapidly expanding consumer and commercial opportunities created by the IoT.

Axeda has been at the forefront of the IoT movement as a pioneer of the previous generation of machine-to-machine (M2M) technology. In the same way the vision of the ‘connected world’ has expanded from connected devices and systems to a broader set of connected objects and services, Axeda’s mission and product portfolio has also widened.

Over the past few years, Axeda has broadened its focus from helping its customers and partners more easily connect remote objects, devices, systems and services … Read More »